Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque highlights the museums rich history collection, drawing examples from thirty-five thousand artifacts, works of art, maps, and photographs. The objects range from Native American and Hispanic religious art, textiles and jewelry, toys and early computers, to railroad and Route 66 memorabilia. The collection represents the history of New Mexicos central Rio Grande Valley and Greater Albuquerque from before written history through the present. This book is the third in the Albuquerque Museum Collection Series. Previously published books in the series are Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez/Minge House in Corrales, New Mexico by Ward Alan Minge, and Albuquerque Museum Photo Archives Collection: Images in Silver compiled by Glenn Fye.
Deborah C. Slaney is curator of history at the Albuquerque Museum. She was consulting curator for Only in Albuquerque, companion exhibition to this book. She has curated numerous other exhibitions including Fabulous: The New Look of Albuquerque in the Fifties; Jewel of the Railroad Era: Albuquerques Alvarado Hotel; and Route 66: Radiance, Rust, and Revival on the Mother Road. Her publications include Blue Gem, White Metal: Carvings and Jewelry from the C. G. Wallace Collection; Wonders of the Weavers/Maravillas de los tejedores: Nineteenth-Century Río Grande Weavings from the Collection of the Albuquerque Museum; and Jewel of the Railroad Era: Albuquerques Alvarado Hotel. Slaney was project director for Dreamscape Desperado: Billy the Kid and the Outlaw in America and Hollywood Southwest: New Mexico in Film and Television.